Atomic and Nuclear
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Review for the IB Mock Paper 2 on Atomic and Nuclear
Labs: Photoelectric PHET .:. Rutherford PHET .:. Photo Electric Graph .:. Decay Lab
Labs: Alpha Decay PhET .:. Beta Decay PhET .:. Nuclear Fission PhET
Group Quiz: 27.1 .:. 27.2 .:. Feynman Diagrams
Assessments: 27.1 - Photons .:. 27.2 - Atomic and Particle .:. 30.1 - Radioactivity .:. 30.2 - Nuclear Reactions
Study for the: Atomic and Nuclear Test
Go to: Atomic (Chapters 27 and 28) .:. Particle (Chapter 32) .:. Nuclear (Chapter 30)
Atomic: 27 and 28
27A. Review electromagnetic waves and spectrum.
Review the Electromagnetic Spectrum:
27B. Understand black body radiation, and Planck's equation.
Planck's Solution to the Blackbody Radiation Problem:
27C. Understand Einstein's photon theory, and do calculations with photons.
Einstein's Photon Theory:
27D. Understand the difference between wave and photon descriptions of light.
Explaining Light as a Wave or as a Photon:
27D1. Understand 4 basic photon interactions with matter and what is meant by complementarity.
Photon Interactions with Matter:
27E. Understand how Einstein's photoelectric effect experiment works.
Einstein's Photoelectric Effect Experiment:
27F. Solve problems with the photoelectric effect.
Solving Photoelectric Effect Problems:
27G. Interpret data from a graph of a photoelectric effect experiment and use it to support photon theory over wave theory
Interpreting a Graph of Photoelectric Effect Data:
27G1. Solve problems with pair production.
Solving Pair Production Problems:
27H. Understand de Broglie's matter wave hypothesis, and do calculations with matter waves.
de Broglie Matter Waves:
de Broglie Matter Waves Part 2:
27I. Describe early atomic models of Thomson and Rutherford.
Early Atomic Models:
27I1. Calculate the radius of a nucleus based on the mass number.
The radius of a Nucleus:
27J. Solve problems of closest approach in Rutherford scattering experiments.
Solving Closest Approach Problems:
27K. Understand the Bohr atom and make energy level calculations.
The Bohr Atom:
27L. Understand that Bohr atomic orbits are resonant states of electron matter waves.
de Broglie and Bohr:
27M. Understand the Copenhagen Interpretation.
The Copenhagen Interpretation:
27N. Understand and do calculations with the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle:
27O. Understand the issues behind the Einstein-Bohr debate.
The Einstein-Bohr Debate:
Particle: (Chapter 32)
32A. Understand how various types of particle accelerators work, and why they are important to particle physics research
Particle Accelerators:
32B. Understand the basic particles, and the concept behind QED.
Basic Types of Particles and QED:
Hadron Reference sheet:
32C. Apply basic conservation laws of charge, baryon number, and mass energy to predict whether reactions are possible.
Conservation Laws - Charge and Baryon Number:
Conservation of Strangeness:
32D. Apply Lepton conservation laws to predict possible decay reactions and missing decay products.
Conservation of Lepton Number:
Whiteboards:
Is this Decay Possible?
What is the missing Decay Product?
32E. Understand Quark theory, and predict the properties of mesons and baryons from their quark compositions.
Three Quarks for Muster Mark:
32F. Draw simple Feynman Diagrams
Drawing Feynman Diagrams:
Nuclear: (Chapter 30)
30A. Introduction to Nuclear Physics - atomic notation, neutrons, isotopes, and the chart of the nuclides.
Noteguide30A-NotationAndIsotopes.docx
Isotopes and Nuclear Notation:
Reference for
30B. Calculating the binding energy of a nucleus, and what it means.
Noteguide30B-BindingEnergy.docx
Calculating Binding Energy:
30C. Understand radioactivity, and know what the types of radiation are. Predict the effects of a particular decay on the nucleus.
Noteguide30CD-Radioactivity.docx
Radioactivity:
30F. Understand what is meant by "tunneling"
Noteguide30EF-AlphaDecayAndTunneling.docx
Quantum Tunneling:
30H. Understand Gamma decay, and do calculations with Gamma decay.
Noteguide30GHBetaAndGammaDecay.docx
Gamma Decay:
30J. Do calculations with decay rate, activity and half life.
Noteguide30IJK-ActivityAndHalfLife.docx
Decay Rates:
30K. Understand how radiometric dating works
Noteguide30IJK-ActivityAndHalfLife.docx
Radiometric Dating:
Read about Clair Patterson - how determining the age of the earth is related to the petroleum industry's usage of tetra ethyl lead, and clean rooms:
30L. Understand the stability of a nucleus in terms of strong nuclear and Coulombic repulsion.
Noteguide30L-NuclearStability.docx
Nuclear Stability:
30M. Be able to use nuclear reaction notation and balance nuclear reactions.
Noteguide30M-BalancingNuclearReactions.docx
Balancing Nuclear Reactions:
30N. Calculate the energy released or required for a nuclear reaction.
Calculating Q Value of Nuclear Reactions:
30N1. Balance and calculate the Q value of a Nuclear Fission Reaction.
Noteguide30N1-NuclearFission.docx
Calculating the Q Value of Fission Reactions:
30O. Understand the curve of binding energy and how to predict fusion vs fission.
Noteguide30O-CurveOfBindingEnergy.docx
The Curve of Binding Energy:
30P. Understand the events leading up to the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima.
You don't need to watch this before class - we will talk about this in class
Part 1 - Fission, Einstein's letter, and the Manhattan project
Part 2 - Hiroshima and Nagasaki
30Q. Understand basic issues surrounding nuclear power.
Noteguide30Q-NuclearPower.docx
Nuclear Power:
Old Stuff:
Digital Information Storage: (Where do we put this??)
A. Convert binary to base ten.
B. Convert base ten to binary.
F. Do calculations with pit depth and wavelength.
I. Solve basic problems with capacitance.
K. Do magnification, area and voltage calculations with CCD devices.
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